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Facebook 3.0 for iPhone

Augusto Triste — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:58:47 +0000

Here’s what Facebook for iPhone 3.0 looks like—pretty nice. Besides the new giant button home screen, you’ll be able to actually RSVP to events and create new photo albums. No push yet, but here’s the full list:

1. The “new” News Feed
2. Like
3. Events (including the ability to RSVP)
4. Notes
5. Pages
6. Create new photo albums
7. Upload photos to any album
8. Zoom into photos
9. Easier photo tagging
10. Profile Pictures albums
11. A new home screen for easy access to all your stuff, search, and notifications
12. Add your favorite profiles and pages to the home screen
13. Better Notifications (they link to the comments so you can reply)
14. Quickly call or text people right from the Friends page
15. Messages you are typing will be restored if you quit or are interrupted by a phone call

20 hidden features in Apple’s new iPhone OS 3.0

Augusto Triste — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:35:56 +0000

We all know about the cut, copy and paste, landscape keyborad, spotlight search and so on but that’s only about 20 or 30 of the 100 new features on the new Apple’s iPhone firmware 3.0 so where and what are the others?? So here is a list of 20 hidden features on the firmware 3.0:

• Adjustable Song Scrolling Speed
• Special Characters In Messaging
• More Ways to Access Spotlight
• Quote Fragment Within Reply in Mail
• Remove Individual Texts from A Conversation
• Open Link In New Tab In Safari
• Force Quit Unresponsive Apps
• Shake Phone to Undo Typing
• Change App Store Account On The Fly
• Unlimited Number of Apps Can Be Installed

• New options for the “Home” button
• New spoken text control buttons
• Copy and paste retains style and formatting
• Copy and paste works in all kinds of places
• Spotlight search: OIne hell of a great app launcher
• The Search feature is, like, everywhere
• Contacts are now sharable
• Set your iPhone’s contents to self-destruct
• Battery life can now be expressed as a percentage
• The YouTube app no longer sucks!

New iPhone 3G S – S for Speed

Augusto Triste — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:13:19 +0000

The new iPhone 3G is pretty similar to the current model from outside but from inside has a lot of new features and new hardware.

The Fastest iPhone Ever

The first thing you’ll notice about iPhone 3G S is how quickly you can launch applications. Web pages render in a fraction of the time, and you can view email attachments faster. Improved performance and updated 3D graphics deliver an incredible gaming experience, too. In fact, everything you do on iPhone 3G S is up to 2x faster and more responsive than ever.

Video

Now you can shoot video, edit it and share it — all on your iPhone 3G S. Shoot high-quality VGA video in portrait

or landscape. Trim your footage by adjusting start and end points. Then share your video in an email, post it to your MobileMe gallery, publish it on YouTube or sync it back to your Mac or PC using iTunes.

3-Megapixel Camera

The new 3-megapixel camera takes great still photos, too, thanks to built-in autofocus and a handy new feature that lets you tap the display to focus on anything (or anyone) you want.

Voice Control

Voice Control recognises the names in your Contacts and knows the music on your iPod. So if you want to place a call or play a song, all you have to do is ask.

Compass

With a built-in digital compass, iPhone 3G S can point the way. Use the new Compass app or watch as it automatically reorients maps to match the direction you’re facing.

Cut, Copy & Paste

Cut, copy and paste words and photos, even between applications. Copy and paste images and content from the web, too.

Landscape Keyboard

Want more room to type on the intelligent software keyboard? Rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes and Safari.

Internet Tethering

Surf the web from practically anywhere. Now you can share the 3G connection on your iPhone with your Mac notebook or PC laptop

Magnometer (digital compass) in next iPhone?

Augusto Triste — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:56:11 +0000

Next iPhone to be released in June to have a built-in magnetometer.

“We just got a couple images from one of our Apple ninjas and it appears to show a compass option in one of the debugging menus. Our source says this is obviously for a built-in magnetometer in the upcoming iPhone hardware revision and with what’s already been reported, we’d have to agree. One more image after the break!” from Boys Genius Report.

Full article, with the iPhone screenshots, here.

iPhone Rumors: Next Gen iPhone

Augusto Triste — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:57:49 +0000

Rumors about the next generation iPhone continue, according to Digitimes, Apple is ordering new parts for the next iPhone due in June, since the first generation iPhone was released in June 2007 and iPhone 3G on June 2008 it makes sense that Apple will release a new phone in June, rumors about a new device, a netbook or tablet pc 10″ touch screen is also on the make and Steve Jobs is still in main operations even he is absent until June.

iPhone Firmware 3.0 Features

Augusto Triste — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:57:18 +0000

Apple is releasing the new software 3.0 in June, the update will be released around the WWDC 2009 and has loads of improvements for both Developers and Users, for developers the new software features more then 1000 new API’s and new features such as: Push Notifications, Assessories App, In-App Purchase, embed Google Map in Apps, GPS turn by turn (not allowed to use Google maps) and more then 100 new features for both iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G, iPod touch users will have to pay for the update, and have limited features because it has no camera or GPS, bellow is a list of some of the most important features:

Cut, Copy and Paste with ‘shake to Undo’- Text can be selected automatically by double tapping on text and movable grab points appear with a ‘cut, copy and paste’ edit bar above selection. You can copy text across applications.
Landscape Keyboard – This is what a jailbroken iPhone may already have but now in upcoming iPhone OS 3.0, a landscape keyboard is a built-in feature available in key applications, including Mail, SMS, Safari…
MMS – Along with sending multimedia stuff via email, in upcoming iPhone OS 3.0, iPhone 3G users will be able to send MMS messages too. (Sorry, iPhone 1st Gen users). iPhone users will also be able to delete and forward multiple messages. Send sound and Video using the messaging App.
Peer-to-Peer Connectivity – Peer-to-Peer connectivity is great for games and other applications for sharing data. This feature finds other devices and establish peer-to-peer connectivity over Bluetooth. Through an IP connection, iPhone users will be able to play games. The feature is limited to Bonjour peer-to-peer devices only.

Accessories App (3rd Party) – This features will allow 3rd party iPhone accessory manufacturers to develop custom Apps to interface with their hardware accessories.

In-App Purchase – This feature will allow developers to sell additional stuff from within the App. Like purchasing new levels from within the game, subscribing for a magazine all from within an App.

Spotlight Search – In iPhone OS 3.0. an iPhone owner will find Apple’s Universal search feature named “Spotlight Search”. Spotlight feature can be found a flick to the left from the first screen of Apps. Using spotlight user will be able to search for mails in Mail App, Contacts, Appointments in Calendar, media files in iPod, notes and more.

Voice Memos – Using iPhone OS 3.0, iPhone owners will be able to record, edit and send voice memos via both email and MMS.

Push Notification – A background-like process that doesn’t hamper battery life, utilize third-party server to push badge, text, email and audio alerts from applications as soon as they come.

Google Maps – Using iPhone firmware 3.0, developers will be able to embed Google Maps directly into their Applications.

GPS – Turn by TurnUsing CoreLocation, developers will be able to make application for turn by turn GPS directions

iPhone Firmware 2.2.1 Released

Augusto Triste — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:39:59 +0000

Apple has recently released an update for the iPhone firmware the 2.2.1 update has some stability fixes and safari improvement:
iPhone 2.2.1 Software Update

This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
• Improved general stability of Safari
• Fixed issue where some images saved from Mail do not display correctly in the Camera Roll

Products compatible with this software update:
• iPhone
• iPhone 3G